Validity of Life Imprisonment for Natural Life and Scope of Review in Clemency Orders
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Case: RAMASREY @ FAKKAD v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH
Court: Supreme Court of India
Date: 29-07-2026
Law: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Code of Criminal Procedure, Constitution of India, Indian Penal Code.
Highlights of the Judgment:
- Scope and maintainability of writ petitions under Article 32 challenging criminal sentences post-conviction.
- Constitutional validity of awarding life imprisonment for the remainder of natural life without remission.
- Interpretation of "life imprisonment" under Sections 45 and 53 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
- Defined parameters and limited grounds for judicial review of executive clemency under Articles 72 and 161.
- Interplay between court-created special category sentences and statutory remission powers under Section 432 CrPC.